<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Owen,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I enjoy your caution, but steam voicing is less invasive than the needle. If you want to do a = single hammer, use a damp linnen cloth and a small clothe iron or even a solder = iron to zap the area that you would have worked with the needle</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=greyco@kingston.net = href="mailto:greyco@kingston.net">owen j. greyling</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 15, = 2001 10:49 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> custom steaming</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To members of the list,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Has anyone come up with a = controllable method for steaming individual hammers?  I'm looking for something such = as a hose connected to a steam source, with an adjustable nozzle. I find = that passing a hammer through a blast of steam from a kettle is something I = can't bring myself to do in front of a customer.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've been thinking about this on and = off for some time now, and wondered if someone else has already invented the wheel, = so to speak.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank-you,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Owen J. Greyling, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kingston, ON Canada</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>